Hacker News with Generative AI: Generations

The Gen X Career Meltdown (nytimes.com)
Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.
The age of regret: Gen Z grew up glued to screens, missed the joy of being human (theguardian.com)
It’s the love-hate relationship that defined a generation. We think we know all about teenagers and the phones to which they’re so umbilically tied: sleeping with them under the pillow, panicking at the prospect of ever being denied wifi, so glued to the screen that they’re oblivious to the world unfolding around them.
Digital Reality, Digital Shock: Growing Up at the Dawn of Cyberspace (chrbutler.com)
For those of us born around 1980, William Gibson’s Neuromancer might be the most prophetic novel we never read as teenagers.
Gen Z Americans are leaving their European cousins in the dust (ft.com)
Gen Z Americans are leaving their European cousins in the dust
My Gen Z kids had a surprising reaction to 'Dead Poets Society' (upworthy.com)
While other kids were playing soccer, young Donovan Carrillo had other dreams. Despite living in the warm and temperate climate of Mexico, Carrillo had a singular vision of grabbing gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Boomers grieve not becoming grandparents–Millennials have little sympathy (independent.co.uk)
Amid falling birth rates and growing numbers of U.S. adults opting to remain child-free, boomer and Generation X grandparents are mourning the prospect of ever becoming grandparents. However, according to millennials themselves, the reasons for not having children far outweigh the disappointment their parents may feel.
Sober curiosity: Why Gen Zers are reducing their alcohol consumption (medicalxpress.com)
Generation Z is leading a significant shift in drinking habits. In fact, compared to preceding generations, Generation Z may be the soberest generation yet.
To Gen Z, Google is just a relic – not a verb anymore (bgr.com)
Gen Z just overtook Baby Boomers in U.S. full-time workforce, by generation (twitter.com)
Why Gen Z and Millennials Are Splurging Instead of Saving (cnbc.com)
Gen Z-Ers Are Computer Whizzes. Just Don't Ask Them to Type (wsj.com)
Millennials Are Becoming Boomers (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Full Stops Can Annoy Gen Z, Warn Linguists (thelanguagenerds.com)
The Puzzle of Generational Politics (quillette.com)
Gen Xers projected to see higher cancer rates than Boomers (npr.org)
Are young people smarter than adults? Research shows differences diminishing (theconversation.com)
The Millennial Captcha (mcsweeneys.net)